LEGAL PROVISIONS 



Physicians inspect pupils as provided by rules of state 



board of health 

 On request, physicians examine pupils of private schools 



18. VIRGINIA 



Adopted 1910. Permissive. Applies where adopted 

 Administered by school authorities 

 Authorizes school boards to support systems of medical 

 inspection 



19. WASHINGTON 



Adopted 1 909. Permissive. Applies to cities of first class 



Administered by school authorities 



Authorizes school boards to appoint medical inspectors 



who shall report monthly on health conditions in 



each school 



20. WEST VIRGINIA 



Adopted 191 1. Mandatory in cities, permissive in coun- 

 try districts 



Administered by school authorities 

 Physicians inspect children for contagious diseases 

 Physicians conduct physical examinations annually 

 Physicians, on request of board, report on lighting, 



ventilation, etc. 

 School nurses may be employed 



PROVISIONS NEW LAWS SHOULD INCLUDE 



A comparative study of the provisions of the different laws 

 shows that with the added experience gained through knowledge 

 of how the older measures have met the test of time, school 

 physicians and educators have incorporated in some of the more 

 recent measures features which are genuine improvements, and 

 which should be provided for in bills for new medical inspection 

 acts and for amendments of the old ones. The following are the 

 features which it would seem ought to be included in bills for new 

 medical inspection laws: 



i. A provision that the administration of the system of medical 

 inspection shall be in the hands of the school authorities, but that they 

 shall have the power to delegate their authority to the local health 

 officials, and that in the treatment of cases of contagious diseases the 

 school and health authorities shall co-operate. 



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